diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2016 Gerasimos Maropoulos.
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this
+list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may
+be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
+specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
+ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
+BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
+INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-Iris is a well known web application framework written in Go.
+Iris is a well-known web application framework written in Go.
Easy to learn while it's highly customizable,
ideally suited for
both experienced and novice developers.
@@ -902,5 +902,39 @@ If you are interested in contributing to the Iris project, please see the docume
##### Note that I do not accept pull requests and that I use the issue tracker for bug reports and proposals only. Please ask questions on the [https://kataras.rocket.chat/channel/iris][Chat] or [http://stackoverflow.com/](http://stackoverflow.com).
+Depends on:
+
+- http protocol layer comes from [valyala/fasthttp](https://github.com/valyala/fasthttp), by Aliaksandr Valialkin.
+- rich and encoded responses support comes from [kataras/go-serializer](https://github.com/kataras/go-serializer/tree/0.0.4), by me.
+- template support comes from [kataras/go-template](https://github.com/kataras/go-template/tree/0.0.3), by me.
+- gzip support comes from [kataras/go-fs](https://github.com/kataras/go-fs/tree/0.0.5) and the super-fast compression library [klauspost/compress/gzip](https://github.com/klauspost/compress/tree/master/gzip), by me & Klaus Post.
+- websockets support comes from [kataras/go-websocket](https://github.com/kataras/go-websocket/tree/0.0.2), by me.
+- Base of the parameterized routing algorithm comes from [julienschmidt/httprouter](https://github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter), by Julien Schmidt, with some relative to performance edits by me.
+- sessions support comes from [kataras/go-sessions](https://github.com/kataras/go-sessions/tree/0.0.6), by me.
+- caching support comes from [geekypanda/httpcache](https://github.com/geekypanda/httpcache/tree/0.0.1), by me and GeekyPanda.
+- end-to-end http test APIs comes from [gavv/httpexpect](https://github.com/gavv/httpexpect), by Victor Gaydov.
+- hot-reload on source code changes comes from [kataras/rizla](https://github.com/kataras/rizla), by me.
+- auto-updater (via github) comes from [kataras/go-fs](https://github.com/kataras/go-fs), by me.
+- request body form binder is an [edited version](https://github.com/iris-contrib/formBinder) of the [monoculum/formam](https://github.com/monoculum/formam) library, by Monoculum Organisation.
+- all other packages comes from the [Iris Contrib Organisation](https://github.com/iris-contrib) and the [Go standard library](https://github.com/golang/go), by me & The Go Authors.
+
+
+Contact
+------------
+
+Besides the fact that we have a [community chat][Chat] for questions or reports and ideas, [stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/) section for generic go+iris questions and the [github issues](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues) for bug reports and feature requests, you can also contact with me, as a person who is always open to help you:
+
+- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/MakisMaropoulos)
+- [Facebook](https://facebook.com/kataras.gopher)
+- [Linkedin](https://gr.linkedin.com/in/%CE%B3%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82-69839274)
+- [Youtube + Gplus](https://www.youtube.com/user/PrimesocialNetworks)
+- [Medium](https://medium.com/@kataras)
+
+License
+------------
+
+Unless otherwise noted, the `iris` source files are distributed
+under the BSD-3 Clause license found in the [LICENSE file](LICENSE).
+
[Chat]: https://kataras.rocket.chat/channel/iris